Delaying gratification means putting off
instantaneous pleasure to develop our talents so that we can grow emotionally,
intellectually and spiritually. Examples
of delaying gratification include eating vegetables before the desert, studying
instead of playing, working to achieve a goal and keeping our promises to
others and ourselves. Delaying
gratification requires being faithful to our commitments. Those who have struggled to achieve a prize
know that there is joy in the journey to success. There is as Robert Frost wrote, “the pleasure
in taking pains.”
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